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In my last post we went into the real meaning of Deuteronomy 23:1 which says  “A man is not to marry his father’s wife; he must not dishonor his father’s bed”. To recap, this verse is talking about how a son is NOT to have sexual relations with his former stepmother or his father’s concubines. […]

Today I’m going to tell you the real meaning of Deuteronomy 23:1 since most Bible teachers and preachers will usually just make this verse read what they think it means as opposed to what it really means. First, let’s take a look at a couple of translations of this verse. The Complete Jewish Bible says… […]

“A man is not to take his father’s wife, thus violating his father’s rights.”-Deuteronomy 23:1 (or 22:30) One quick point before I start my study for today. The majority of English Bibles will have the first verse of Deuteronomy 23 as the last verse of Deuteronomy 22. Understand this is no big deal however because there […]

I want to share a few more summarizing thoughts about unauthorized or illicit mixtures before we jump into our text study of Deuteronomy Chapter 23. First, understand that when we’re talking about unauthorized mixtures or unions, we’re not talking about the mixing of something “bad” with something “good”. When God prohibited wearing garments woven out […]

Today we begin Deuteronomy Chapter 23. For the Complete Jewish Bible, click here. For the King James version, click here. In the last chapter, we saw how the idea of adultery was taken to a whole new level and was explained to us via the motif of “unauthorized mixtures”. Whenever we hear the word “adultery”, […]